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Learn to love market declines

Did today’s 2% fall in the Australian sharemarket give you a fright? Or are you jumping for joy?

The news from the Australian sharemarket was relentlessly negative today. Greek citizens queued in front of their banks as the threat of Grexit intensified. The Shanghai Composite Index fell again, taking losses on Chinese stocks to more than 20% in only a few weeks.

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